Thursday, March 7, 2013

Harvest for the Hungry - You can help


Faithful Ground Farms is proud to continue our participation in the Harvest for the Hungry Program.  Please prayerfully consider how you can help those in need here in the Twin Cites.

Harvest for the Hungry (HFH) is an innovative program run by the Emergency Food Shelf Network here in the Twin Cities.

HFH is a partnership with local farms to provide fresh, locally grown produce to MN households facing hunger.  Over 30 local farms produce food to help support 80+ local food shelves.

How it works...

All money raised by corporate sponsors or donated by CSA members is given to the Emergency Food Shelf Network (EFN) to aid local hunger relief.  EFN pays a per pound rate to participating farmers who bring in fresh produce. EFN then distributes all of the produce to local area food shelves.

CSA member donors can give "a little extra" when they sign up for their CSA or at anytime during the year.  They can also help by frequenting the businesses of the corporate sponsors.

Corporate sponsor Green Mill donates $1 for every large pizza sold on Tuesdays.

Corporate sponsor Finnegans Beer donates 100% of it's profits to HFH.

Corporate sponsor The Wedge donates a portion of profits to HFH.

Everybody wins...


Local communities win because they are able to support families in need with fresh local produce that is often hard to come by at food shelves.

CSA donors win because they feel great giving back to their local community. They know that 100% of their donation provides fresh, local produce, to families in need.  They also win by getting a full tax deduction as well as enjoying great products when they purchase from The Green Mill, Finnegans, and The Wedge.

Local farmers win because they are able to provide high quality local produce to area food shelves while receiving per pound payments to help defer the cost of growing and delivering the produce.

Corporate sponsors win because they get to advertise and sell their products while they help people in the local community.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

There is a season for everything

Today we officially finished our 2012 farming season with our last appearance of the year at the NE Minneapolis farmers market.  That's right all of the produce has been picked and all of the boxes have been delivered.




We want to thank all of our family, friends, and loyal customers this year for your amazing support.  We couldn't have made it through without you.  

This Farm was started on God's promise to us in Psalm  85:12 That "The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield it's harvest."  

And this year we received lots of good and a great harvest...

We have 61 Farmers market appearances,136 CSA deliveries, and 2075 pounds to The Emergency Food Shelf Network to prove it.

We hope you will tell your friends about us and we hope to see you all again next year.


God Bless,

Jason Reneé and Gabriel





Thursday, July 26, 2012

At the Markets

Well we have been having a busy summer.  Other than the dry conditions this year has been going very well.  Last Monday's rain was a huge blessing to us.  Our farm got 1.75 inches on Monday and that was the first time we have had more than .2 of an inch since the first week of June!

Here is a peak at our Farmers Market Table today from the Aviands Conservatory Cafe.  Thanks to Gina and her staff for making it a great day for everyone.


Monday, June 11, 2012

Where you can find us this summer

Faithful Ground Farms will be selling at the following locations this season...

Saturdays       9-1    NE Minneapolis Farmers Market          June-Oct
Wednesdays  11-1  Beckman Coulter Aviands café            June-Oct
Thursdays     11-1  Aviands café various locations              July-Oct
Thursdays     3-7    Camden Mpls. Farmers Market             July-Oct

**Pending Final City Rules
Saturdays    3-5    Sumer Farm Stand at our house              July-Oct

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Heirloom Plant Sale

Hi all just wanted to let you know that we have some extra heirloom plants for sale at the greenhouse in Minneapolis.  Prices are $.50 to $4.00 depending on size.  Hurry supplies won't last long

We have ...

-Tomato varieties Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Amish Paste, Bloody Butcher, Gold Medal, and Italian
-Sweet Bell Peppers varieties King of the North Red, and Orange Bell
-Egg Plant- Rosa Bianca
-Brussel Sprouts- Long Island Improved
-Cantaloupe - MN Midget variety
-Watermelon- Sugar Baby variety
-Summer Squash- Golden summer variety
-Zucchini- Black Beauty variety

We also have some hybrid varieties of...
-Cabbage both Red Express and Blue Lagoon varieties
-Onions- Gunnison, and Alisa Craig varieties


Thursday, May 24, 2012

Planting

We have had a really good last week at FGF.  We planted over 400 tomato plants and last Saturday we planted over 15,000 seeds.  That's right your beans, carrots, squash, cucumbers, melons, etc. were all waiting for this nice rain to soak up the moisture and shoot out of the ground.  Get ready here they come!

Here is some of the cabbage that is coming along at the farm...


Sunday, April 22, 2012

Greenhouse days

The cold and rainy weather has kept us out of the fields the last two weeks but it has been a mixed blessing because it has allowed us to catch up on all of the exciting and "warm" work in the greenhouse...



Fresh produce is only a few weeks away!